Mabuse. The first episode attracted 7,34 million viewers. On 24 November 2011, the show aired with a "special episode" on Thursday to compete with the new talent show The Voice of Germany from rival networks ProSieben/Sat.1. The episode hit a season low with only 5,83 million viewers and lost against The Voice of Germany in the target group 14–49. Panpipe player Leo Rojas won this season and €100,000. Winner: Leo Rojas (Panpipe player) Runner-up: Sven Müller (Singer) 3rd: Ricky Kam (Pianist) 4th: Jörg Perreten (Pianist) 5th: Julian Pecher (Singer and guitarist) 6th: Mark Ashley (Singer) 7th: Miroslav Zilka (Popping act) 8th: Desire Capaldo (Opera singer) 9th: Dergin Tokmak (Dancer on crutches) 10th: Oleksandr Yenivatov (Contortionist) Season 6 (2012) The sixth season premiered on 15 September 2012 on RTL and ended on 15 December 2012.. There have been significant changes to the show. From then on, Daniel Hartwich hosted the show without Marco Schreyl, and Dieter Bohlen was the only judge to remain on the panel. On 22 June 2012 former host of the popular German show Wetten, dass..?, Thomas Gottschalk, was confirmed as a new judge., while Michelle Hunziker, who previously worked with Gottschalk on (Wetten, dass..?) and Bohlen on the local version of singing franchise Pop Idol (Deutschland sucht den Superstar). Auditions only took place in the Tempodrom in Berlin. 44,000 people auditioned for season six of Das Supertalent. This season, a "golden buzzer" was introduced. If one of the judges pushes the buzzer the candidate comes to the next round, no matter what the other judges think. At the last day of taping the auditions, performer Rene Richter asked jury member Michelle Hunziker to get involved in the performance where she was being held by a lead with Rene holding it with his teeth. While holding Hunziker, the lead snapped which resulted Hunziker getting a brain concussion and bruises. This season has featured a number of failed auditionees from international "Got Talent" shows such as Dan Sperry and Brad Byers of America's Got Talent, Area 51 and Lucky Franco from Britain's Got Talent. Sperry was one of the few audtioners who automatically made it through to the semi-finals due to the golden buzzer rule. Former DSDS runner-up Juliette Schoppmann appeared on the show after 10 years she was last seen on RTL. Schoppmann, who originally saw success following her second place, had eventually been dropped by her label